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In 2002, the Bush Administration declared that the detainees of the War on Terror were not eligible for rights under the Geneva Conventions. Do you agree with the Bush Administration's decision? How might you have handled it differently?

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That is quite possibly the worst decision the U.S. has made in a very, very long time.  Just read in the paper today one judge was trying to prevent being able to "move detainees physically beyond the reach of the Constitution and detain them indefinitely."  We went to a very dark place following 9/11.  And when we revoke the Geneva Convention, we become no better than those we are vowing to defeat - period.  Wherever there is American soil - whether it be here at home, in a foreign embassy, or on a military base - the Constitution applies to everyone there.  Of course it is necessary to take prisoners of war to obtain information on how best to defeat the enemy, but we absolutely cannot do so at the expense of all our morals and values.
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